Horror Films of 2000-2009
Published on 26. October 2022
Book
Hardback
699 pages
978-1-4766-7805-4 (ISBN)
Description
Horror films have always reflected their audiences' fears and anxieties. In the United States, the 2000s were a decade full of change in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the contested presidential election of 2000, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. These social and political changes, as well as the influences of Japanese horror and New French extremism, had a profound effect on American horror filmmaking during the 2000s.
This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released in America from 2000 through 2009, including such popular forms as found footage, torture porn, and remakes. Each entry covers a single film and includes credits, a synopsis, and a lengthy critical commentary. The appendices include common horror conventions, a performer hall of fame, and memorable ad lines.
This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released in America from 2000 through 2009, including such popular forms as found footage, torture porn, and remakes. Each entry covers a single film and includes credits, a synopsis, and a lengthy critical commentary. The appendices include common horror conventions, a performer hall of fame, and memorable ad lines.
Reviews / Votes
"A labor of love, and Muir's depth of knowledge is apparent...highly recommended. Beyond the insightful main text, horror fans will find the supplementary material an incredibly useful way to find movies by convention."-Library Journal "Highlights some truly brilliant films that have been overlooked by mainstream viewers...important"-Joseph Maddrey, Movies Made Me; "Writing about horror movies is clearly a labor of love for the author and he has here done a splendid job...I was very impressed with Muir's writing."-Forces of Geek; "Comprehensive, extraordinary, essential, and critically important."-Midwest Book ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Reinforced binding
Illustrations
173 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1896 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-7805-4 (9781476678054)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
John Kenneth Muir is an American literary critic and award-winning author. As of 2022, he has written 30 reference books in the fields of film and television, with a particular focus on the horror and science fiction genres.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deletevi
Preface
Part I.?Whoever Wins, We Lose: An Introduction
Part II.?The War of Terror: A Decade of Torture Porn Remakes, Zombies and Other Trends
Part III.?The Films (by Year of Release)
2000
American Psycho
Battle Royale
Bless the Child
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
The Calling
The Cell
Cherry Falls
Crocodile
Dracula 2000
Final Destination
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
The Gift
Hellraiser: Inferno
Hollow Man
Leprechaun in the Hood
Lost Souls
Pitch Black
Psycho Beach Party
The St. Francisville Experiment
Scream 3
Shadow of the Vampire
Supernova
Urban Legends: Final Cut
The Watcher
What Lies Beneath
2001
Audition
Bones
Donnie Darko
The Forsaken
From Hell
Ginger Snaps
Hannibal
Jeepers Creepers
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Joy Ride
Jurassic Park III
Mimic 2
The Others
Route 666
Session 9
Soul Survivors
Thir13en Ghosts
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Valentine
Wendigo
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
2002
American Psycho 2: All American Girl
Below
Blade II
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Bubba Ho-Tep
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Dark Water
Dog Soldiers
Eight Legged Freaks
Feardotcom
Frailty
Ghost Ship
Halloween: Resurrection
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Irreversible
Jason X
The Mangler 2
May
Queen of the Damned
Red Dragon
Resident Evil
The Ring
Signs
Swimfan
28 Days Later
Wes Craven Presents They
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled
2003
Beyond Reanimator
The Bone Snatcher
Cabin Fever
Cold Creek Manor
Darkness Falls
Dreamcatcher
Final Destination 2
Freddy vs. Jason
Gothika
House of 1000 Corpses
House of the Dead
Identity
Jeepers Creepers 2
Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood
Mimic 3: Sentinel
The Mothman Prophecies
Octane (a.k.a. Pulse)
A Tale of Two Sisters
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Underworld
Willard
Wrong Turn
2004
Alien vs. Predator
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Blade: Trinity
The Butterfly Effect
Club Dread
Darkness
Dawn of the Dead
Dead End
Dracula 3000
Exorcist: The Beginning
Fear of Clowns
The Forgotten
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
The Grudge
Incident at Loch Ness
The Last Horror Movie
My Little Eye
Open Water
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Saw
Secret Window
Seed of Chucky
Shaun of the Dead
Shutter
Toolbox Murders
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
Van Helsing
The Village
2005
Alone in the Dark
The Amityville Horror
Boogeyman
The Cave
The Cavern
Cry_Wolf
Cursed
Dark Water
The Devil's Rejects
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Doom
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Fog
Hard Candy
Hellraiser: Deader
Hellraiser: Hellworld
High Tension
Hostel
House of Wax
Kairo
Land of the Dead
Noroi: The Curse
The Ring Two
Saw II
The Skeleton Key
2001 Maniacs
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
White Noise
Wolf Creek
2006
Altered
An American Haunting
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Black Christmas
The Breed
The Butterfly Effect II
The Covenant
The Descent
Feast
Final Destination 3
The Grudge 2
The Hills Have Eyes
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
The Mangler Reborn
Mr. Jingles
Mortuary
The Omen 6 6 6
Open Water 2: Adrift
Pulse
Rest Stop
The Return
Saw III
See No Evil
Silent Hill
Slither
Snakes on a Plane
Stay Alive
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Underworld: Evolution
When a Stranger Calls
The Wicker Man
The Woods
2007
AVP: Requiem
Blood and Chocolate
Boogeyman 2
Captivity
Dead Silence
Disturbia
Fido
1408
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
Grindhouse: Planet Terror
Hannibal Rising
Hatchet
The Hills Have Eyes 2
The Hitcher
The Host
Hostel 2
I Am Legend
The Invasion
The Messengers
The Mist
Mulberry Street
The Number 23
P2
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Primeval
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
The Rage
The Reaping
REC
Resident Evil: Extinction
Return to the House on Haunted Hill
Rise: Blood Hunter
Rob Zombie's Halloween
Saw IV
Shrooms
The Signal
Skinwalkers
Sunshine
Teeth
Them
30 Days of Night
28 Weeks Later
Vacancy
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
The Zombie Diaries
2008
The Alphabet Killer
April Fool's Day
The Burrowers
Cloverfield
The Cottage
Day of the Dead
Deadgirl
Diary of the Dead
Eden Lake
The Eye
Funny Games
The Happening
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
House
Inside
Lake Mungo
Let the Right One In
Martyrs
The Midnight Meat Train
Mirrors
One Missed Call
The Orphanage
Otis
Prom Night
Quarantine
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
Rogue
The Ruins
Saw V
Seventh Moon
Shutter
Sick Nurses
Splinter
The Strangers
Trick'r'Treat
Twilight
Vacancy 2: The First Cut
White Noise II: The Light
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2009
Antichrist
Autopsy
Best Worst Movie
Blood Creek
Boogeyman 3
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Break
Carriers
The Children
The Collector
Cropsey
Dawning
Dead Snow
The Descent: Part 2
Drag Me to Hell
Evil Things
The Final Destination
The Fourth Kind
Friday the 13th
From Within
The Grudge 3
Halloween 2
The Haunting in Connecticut
The Hills Run Red
The House of the Devil
It's Alive
Jennifer's Body
Last House on the Left
Long Weekend (aka Nature's Grave)
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
Orphan
Pandorum
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Entity
Pontypool
Saw VI
Sorority Row
The Stepfather
Survival of the Dead
Triangle
Twilight: New Moon
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
The Uninvited
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
Zombieland
Part IV.?Conclusion
Appendix A: 2000s Horror Conventions
Appendix B: The 2000s Horror Hall of Fame
Appendix C: Memorable Ad-Lines
Appendix D: The Ten Best Horror Films of the 2000s
References
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments deletevi
Preface
Part I.?Whoever Wins, We Lose: An Introduction
Part II.?The War of Terror: A Decade of Torture Porn Remakes, Zombies and Other Trends
Part III.?The Films (by Year of Release)
2000
American Psycho
Battle Royale
Bless the Child
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
The Calling
The Cell
Cherry Falls
Crocodile
Dracula 2000
Final Destination
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
The Gift
Hellraiser: Inferno
Hollow Man
Leprechaun in the Hood
Lost Souls
Pitch Black
Psycho Beach Party
The St. Francisville Experiment
Scream 3
Shadow of the Vampire
Supernova
Urban Legends: Final Cut
The Watcher
What Lies Beneath
2001
Audition
Bones
Donnie Darko
The Forsaken
From Hell
Ginger Snaps
Hannibal
Jeepers Creepers
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Joy Ride
Jurassic Park III
Mimic 2
The Others
Route 666
Session 9
Soul Survivors
Thir13en Ghosts
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Valentine
Wendigo
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
2002
American Psycho 2: All American Girl
Below
Blade II
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Bubba Ho-Tep
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Dark Water
Dog Soldiers
Eight Legged Freaks
Feardotcom
Frailty
Ghost Ship
Halloween: Resurrection
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Irreversible
Jason X
The Mangler 2
May
Queen of the Damned
Red Dragon
Resident Evil
The Ring
Signs
Swimfan
28 Days Later
Wes Craven Presents They
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled
2003
Beyond Reanimator
The Bone Snatcher
Cabin Fever
Cold Creek Manor
Darkness Falls
Dreamcatcher
Final Destination 2
Freddy vs. Jason
Gothika
House of 1000 Corpses
House of the Dead
Identity
Jeepers Creepers 2
Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood
Mimic 3: Sentinel
The Mothman Prophecies
Octane (a.k.a. Pulse)
A Tale of Two Sisters
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Underworld
Willard
Wrong Turn
2004
Alien vs. Predator
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Blade: Trinity
The Butterfly Effect
Club Dread
Darkness
Dawn of the Dead
Dead End
Dracula 3000
Exorcist: The Beginning
Fear of Clowns
The Forgotten
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
The Grudge
Incident at Loch Ness
The Last Horror Movie
My Little Eye
Open Water
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Saw
Secret Window
Seed of Chucky
Shaun of the Dead
Shutter
Toolbox Murders
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
Van Helsing
The Village
2005
Alone in the Dark
The Amityville Horror
Boogeyman
The Cave
The Cavern
Cry_Wolf
Cursed
Dark Water
The Devil's Rejects
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Doom
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Fog
Hard Candy
Hellraiser: Deader
Hellraiser: Hellworld
High Tension
Hostel
House of Wax
Kairo
Land of the Dead
Noroi: The Curse
The Ring Two
Saw II
The Skeleton Key
2001 Maniacs
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
White Noise
Wolf Creek
2006
Altered
An American Haunting
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Black Christmas
The Breed
The Butterfly Effect II
The Covenant
The Descent
Feast
Final Destination 3
The Grudge 2
The Hills Have Eyes
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
The Mangler Reborn
Mr. Jingles
Mortuary
The Omen 6 6 6
Open Water 2: Adrift
Pulse
Rest Stop
The Return
Saw III
See No Evil
Silent Hill
Slither
Snakes on a Plane
Stay Alive
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Underworld: Evolution
When a Stranger Calls
The Wicker Man
The Woods
2007
AVP: Requiem
Blood and Chocolate
Boogeyman 2
Captivity
Dead Silence
Disturbia
Fido
1408
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
Grindhouse: Planet Terror
Hannibal Rising
Hatchet
The Hills Have Eyes 2
The Hitcher
The Host
Hostel 2
I Am Legend
The Invasion
The Messengers
The Mist
Mulberry Street
The Number 23
P2
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Primeval
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
The Rage
The Reaping
REC
Resident Evil: Extinction
Return to the House on Haunted Hill
Rise: Blood Hunter
Rob Zombie's Halloween
Saw IV
Shrooms
The Signal
Skinwalkers
Sunshine
Teeth
Them
30 Days of Night
28 Weeks Later
Vacancy
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
The Zombie Diaries
2008
The Alphabet Killer
April Fool's Day
The Burrowers
Cloverfield
The Cottage
Day of the Dead
Deadgirl
Diary of the Dead
Eden Lake
The Eye
Funny Games
The Happening
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
House
Inside
Lake Mungo
Let the Right One In
Martyrs
The Midnight Meat Train
Mirrors
One Missed Call
The Orphanage
Otis
Prom Night
Quarantine
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
Rogue
The Ruins
Saw V
Seventh Moon
Shutter
Sick Nurses
Splinter
The Strangers
Trick'r'Treat
Twilight
Vacancy 2: The First Cut
White Noise II: The Light
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2009
Antichrist
Autopsy
Best Worst Movie
Blood Creek
Boogeyman 3
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Break
Carriers
The Children
The Collector
Cropsey
Dawning
Dead Snow
The Descent: Part 2
Drag Me to Hell
Evil Things
The Final Destination
The Fourth Kind
Friday the 13th
From Within
The Grudge 3
Halloween 2
The Haunting in Connecticut
The Hills Run Red
The House of the Devil
It's Alive
Jennifer's Body
Last House on the Left
Long Weekend (aka Nature's Grave)
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
Orphan
Pandorum
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Entity
Pontypool
Saw VI
Sorority Row
The Stepfather
Survival of the Dead
Triangle
Twilight: New Moon
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
The Uninvited
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
Zombieland
Part IV.?Conclusion
Appendix A: 2000s Horror Conventions
Appendix B: The 2000s Horror Hall of Fame
Appendix C: Memorable Ad-Lines
Appendix D: The Ten Best Horror Films of the 2000s
References
Bibliography
Index